We Are The Firm: Cockney Rejects stand their ground as new bands strut their stuff at North East Calling
GIG REVIEW: North East Calling @ Northumbria University, Newcastle, Saturday 3 October 2026
Rebellion Festival 2026 Review: Day 1 – from Thrown Away to Millie Manders and the Shut Up
It’s the day thousands of punks have waited for since the 2025 soiree finished – their annual pilgrimage to Blackpool for the Rebellion
Cockney Rejects to headline North East Calling 2026 as The Meffs and Meryl Streek make their debuts
Street-punk legends Cockney Rejects are heading back to Newcastle to headline North East Calling 2026.
Riskee and the Ridicule raise the temperature on a freezing Newcastle night
GIG REVIEW: Riskee and the Ridicule + Dead Wet Things @ The Grove, Newcastle, Friday 21 November 2025
The best of 2024: Here are IPA Music’s Top 40 albums of the year
2024 has been another cracking year for music, with some excellent records released, and picking a favourite has proved harder than ever.
North East Calling 2024: Punk’s new breed show they’re ready to take over from the legends
GIG REVIEW: North East Calling @ Northumbia University, Newcastle, Saturday, 19 October 2024
Sham 69 to headline North East Calling 2024 in Newcastle – with three bands making their debuts
The line-up has been announced for the 2024 edition of the North East Calling punk all-dayer in Newcastle.
The best indie, punk and alternative records of 2023: Here’s our Top 40 albums
2023 was a year when music once again provided much-needed escape as the UK slumped even further into the abyss. The cost of
Random Hand bring 20th anniversary tour to a close in style with help of Riskee and Mr Shiraz
GIG REVIEW: Random Hand + Riskee and the Ridicule + Mr Shiraz, Think Tank, Newcastle, Sunday 8 October 2023
From punk to folk, ska to hardcore and indie to oi!, here are our Top 40 albums of 2022
2022 was the year when, after two batshit crazy years, things started to get back to normal – whatever that means in these